Commonwealth v. Jackson

HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division of the County of York, Pennsylvania, by the defendant-appellant, Franklin Jackson, following conviction by a jury of Statutory Rape; and from the denial of Post Trial Motions.

The procedural history relevant to the sole issue on appeal is as follows:

On September 25, 1974, a criminal complaint charging the appellant with rape was filed. On January 22,1975, the case was continued by the Commonwealth to the next session of Criminal Court when it was called for trial. On that same day,…